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World of Warcraft's Chinese operator, The9 Limited, announced today that concurrent users had recently peaked at one million. Whichever way you look at this statistic, it's interesting. How many of those "players" are farmers? How many are legit fans?
Since WoW's launch in China in June 2005 the concurrent user count hasn't peaked like this....

Durham, USA – April 9th, 2008 – Eidos and Funcom is proud to announce a unique Beta partnership with GameSpot.com, one of the world's biggest gaming websites. In a highly exclusive event, 15,000 gamers from across the world can log in and play Age of Conan, non-stop, from Friday April 18th to Sunday April 20th. The unique PvP weekend allows lucky...

Illegal game servers ruin MMO's and it's great news that NCsoft steps up battle in the fight against them
Thursday 10th April/... BRIGHTON, England – NCsoft®, the world-leading, publisher of massively multiplayer online games such as Guild Wars®, Lineage® II and City of Heroes®, today announced that it was stepping up its fight against the growing...

San Francisco, CA (April 11th, 2008) - Flagship Studios today announced that its action role-playing game Hellgate: London has become the most successful online video game launch in Korea of the past three years with over 1 million accounts registered within the first two weeks of its open beta test. Hellgate: London is the first online game in...

AionSource.com, the definitive English-language Aion: Tower of Eternity fansite, has just evolved in a great way! Not only is AionSource now located on blazing fast servers to support the needs of the growing Aion community, but it also has a great new look!
Mark, the Administrator and founder of AionSource had this to say:
I'm excited to...

There are several countries located on the middle land. It's a mysterious land of length and breadth, a land of heroes and legends and a land of Kung Fu masters.
Zhou, Liang, Wei and Zheng, which country do you belong to? Do you want to be the king of your country and protect it from being invaded?
The new patch of the World of Kung Fu will bring...

The World of Kung Fu (WoKF) GameMasters and GameSages offer the best in-game support of any of the current crop of MMORPGs, so say the members of the WoKF forums. In WoKF there is a special GM channel in which you can call a GM for help. Any GM on duty will reply to you in a short time by private chat. They will answer all questions about the game...

Are you tired of walking everywhere? As a Kung Fu hero, don't you need a cool mount to aid you in your journey? There are already horses, sedan chairs and even a tiger you can ride… But why ride when you can FLY?
A brand new flying mount, called a "Linglong" is now available in the World of Kung Fu Item Mall! Based upon the phoenix in ancient...

"The clothes make the man", as the saying goes. One's apparel always plays a very important role in creating a first impression.
World of Kung Fu (WoKF) players can now choose their favorite costume as fits their mood or taste. Varied clothing options, from Mandarin dress to Bikini, from Dragon Armor to Panda Dress are now available. Please visit...

Is your Kung Fu strong enough? Who will become the hero respected by all in the World of Kung Fu? Take part in the Arena Challenge Event! Challenge evil soldiers and traitors, defeat them, and enhance your reputation!
After the 4 Great Spies succeeded in collecting military information from our beloved Middle Kingdom, the evil King Rugida of the...

Results of closed beta and potential US publisher
After a first review of the beta tests of The Chronicles of Spellborn, which began at the beginning of March, the Dutch developers have decided to make a revision to the server infrastructure. At this time, the game-play mechanics and graphics of the game client have already matched the high...

The fourth boss in Sunwell Plateau, Female Eredar Twins was recently killed by Nihilum.
Since no US guild managed to kill the Female Eredar Twins yesterday, this is not only the EU first but also the world first kill! Next boss on the list is M'uru.
Female Eredar Twins
Killed at 18:10 CET, April 10th 2008
Loot was
Shiv of Exsanguination
Boots...

An English version of what changes were made in the second CBT season over in Korea has been uploaded to the official, Korean Aion website.
We have the patch notes below!
Character Creation/Deletion
From this CBT onward players are not allowed to play both races and must choose between Elyos or Asmodian. Players are given an option to choose a...

On the popular demand, the folks from TCOS offered some new characters screenshots.Chubby or scrawny, cute or intimidating, stylish or shabby - all of them, screenshots and the characters themselves, were made by our beta testers. You can find all this colorful bunch below.
Enjoy!

There have been a few domains registered with a similar name to our real domain "warcraftmovies.com" that are used for spreading harmful content. says baloo of the real website http://www.warcraftmovies.com
This domain name WarcraftSmovies.com was registered TODAY (7 April 2008) by a chinese company. The site is duping people into visiting it...

We have eight brand new screenshots from the Requiem: Bloodymare beta! This MMO is not for the faint of heart.
Requiem is a Korean MMORPG. It is set in a fantasy world where years of DNA and Genetic warfare has turned the world into something not so different than it really is now, a world full of unstable beings with genetic defects bent on...

April 9, 2008, Age of Armor Dark Valley Challenge Event will start on April 9, 2008, after the routine maintenance, and it will end on April 11, 2008 at 11:59P.M. Players will get chances to win $100 worth of prices in game.
During this three days period, any team from either Earth or Mars, can take the challenge to defeat the three instance...

The Sunwell Plateau first gate has been open on the US realms since yesterday and today the EU gate opened.
At 2pm CET (5am PST) the gate opened in Europe.
SK Gaming and Nihilum have cleared the first three bosses and are now attempting the Eredar Twins encounter.
Daily Blue
Changes to zone-wide buffs
We are aware of this issue (buffs...

Turbine has just released a batch of screenshots for Book 13: Doom of the Last-king, the next free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online.
The screenshots illustrate Forochel, a new region which lies in the far, frozen north of Eriador, to be added to the game with Book 13. Forochel lets players see the ocean for the first time and...

NCsoft sent fansites HD versions of the classes videos many of us watched over and over again yesterday. Prepare to watch it a couple more times, but now in HD quality! We've also combined all the seperate class videos into this one video (220mb) that you can download by clicking the image below.
Stream can be viewed here Note: I we recommend...

view full article here : Starcraft II Batch 34 Q
excerpt :---StarCraft II Q - Batch 34---
1. An important aspect of any RTS game is for all races to have a way to siege fortified island positions, do the Protoss and Terrans [[and Zerg]] have a unit that is capable of doing so? (sclegacy.com)
All factions will have units capable of attacking...

This time we're featuring a video that display the world in Age of Conan. It's a great view (and preview!) of the vast world that Funcom have worked so hard on. It's with commentary, so you get explanations on the different areas and more.
World View ...

Since the korean closed beta phase 2 opened (yesterday), there have been a big influx of news, screenshots and videos showcasing Aion. We now present you with another batch of new videos from the korean closed beta phase 2 of Aion.
The videos below show you gathering, day and night, a daeva quest cut scene, a fairly long video of the assassin...

Recently announced, City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour is now in Closed Beta. The duration of this beta is uknown, however, NCSoft say it will last for awhile.
Good morning everyone!
On Tuesday, April 8th we are starting the closed beta test of Issue 12: Midnight Hour. As we had announced previously the start of the closed beta would be a...

THQ executive Jack Sorenson says that World of Warcraft has already peaked. THQ is the company which acquired the licensing deal for Warhammer 40k. They are planning to launch a futuristic/fantasy MMO. They estimate that the upcoming Warhammer 40k MMO should be finished developed in a couple of years. He also believe that due to the popularity...

A new hero (this time villain) profile can be seen on the official Champions Online website. This time it's Menton's turn.
Menton is the most powerful human psionic alive. He makes no secret about his contempt for the rest of humanity, and considers everyone, even Doctor Destroyer, to be his mental inferior. To him, people are just puppets to...

The first week of April's Grab Bag (Dark Age of Camelot) is here! Quite a few questions and answers this time around.
Q. The Paladin ‘Chant of Perseverance’ is costing power now, when it clearly does not delve a power cost. Is it supposed to cost power to cast?
A. Happy to investigate, the Balancinator started chanting for you: The "Chant of...

Another team profile (interview) have been published on the official Star Wars Galaxies website. Usually developers are the one that get most of the glory in interviews such as these. This time it's different. Smith "Elias" Getterman works at SOE as a Community Relations Representative.
What is your real name? Smith "Elias" Getterman.
What is...

A very fresh article about exchange shops and it's contents have been published on the official Pirates of the Burning Sea website.
One of the most fundamental building blocks of design is the ability to take items from players and give them different items in exchange. The obvious implementation of this is a traditional shop, where money is...

A new article was just added to the lorebook of Lord of The RIngs Online. This time the focus is on a place called Othrongroth.
In the southern reaches of the Barrow-downs lies the Great Barrow, Othrongroth, one of the oldest and largest of the Edain mounds. For many years the Dúnedain of Cardolan protected it, until a great sickness arose...

This week the development team behind Earthrise answer questions about the storyline missions and faction standings.
What effect, if any will the "main storyline" have on player development within factions? In particular, will the Noir/Continoma storyline missions be different?
Once players enter the world of Earthrise and familiarize...

The patch notes for EverQuest 2's Game Update 44 (also known as the Shard of Hate patch) have been released.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Shard of Hate is now open for high level raid groups willing to try their mettle against the Maestro. The influx of hatred into the world is affecting many throughout Norrath with increased hostility clearly evident.
You...

Two more videos from the just opened Aion Closed Beta phase two are now available. This time you can view a brand new class video, it's really, really cool. The second video showcase someone playing in a newbie starting area.
New Class Video 8 April ...

Mmmm Horde Cake!
Got married about a month ago and got the wife to agree to a grooms cake design. I have some friends that own a bakery and they did a INSANE job and made the MOTHER OF ALL WOW CAKES!
It was a chocolate fudge cake with mint frosting in the middle so the cake itself was oh-so-good.
It was made of a combination of cake,...

Just now this video was published on the official (Korean) Aion website. It shows a lot of scenery, environments and NPCs. 4 minutes and 36 seconds of goodness. View below!
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Baron Soosdon just released a new World of Warcraft Machinima called The Device Has Been Modified. It's very cool and I recommend you view it below right now!
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The blog Inside Innovation and O.C. Register have published an article that cover eleven innovative lessons from the creators of World of Warcraft -- Blizzard. If you have some sparetime, this article is definitely worth checking out.
Blizzard Entertainment, the envy of the computer game industry, has learned 11 lessons on innovation that...

Once most Exteel players complete the full range of tutorials and finish a few matches they should have enough in-game money (credits) to purchase a new Mechanaught, or at least purchase some new Mechanaught parts. One of the Mechanaught sets that will be immediately available for purchase is the Mekhi, a light Mechanaught design that is nearly...

You can now check out the new shiny (and still in development) Patch 1.3 to Hellgate: London on the Test Center.
The patch offers an impressive selection of new features including Ranks and the Perk Points system, numerous emotes, character inspection, gambling, shared stash, and then some.
Test Center Patch 1.3 Notes
April 4, 2008
New...

Introducing Cursinema -- we're going to start feature interesting (and good!) videos several times per week.
In our very first Cursinema, you can watch a trailer of an upcoming EVE Online video made by a fan. It's well edited and well worth to watch. When the full version is released, we'll be sure to upload it here on Curse.
...

The endless debate about game violence have gotten yet another addition. The author of many horror novels, Stephen King, share his thoughts in an article over at Entertainment Weekly about a law suggestion in Massachusetts, that would forbid selling violent games to young people. King feels that forbidding game violence is an easy way out for...

There's more avatars than people in the United States of America. Did you know that? Some people probably already guessed this, but, to some it might be news and now there's actual statistics proving it. This number will keep increasing and who knows, perhaps there will be more avatars than people on the earth eventually.
The more avatars...

It’s time to get busy! The Reawakening, Swedish online game developer Lockpick Entertainment’s follow-up to last year’s acclaimed MMO debut title Dreamlords, is commencing the Closed Beta test in exclusive co-operation with FilePlanet.com, a part of the IGN Entertainment network.
Wannabe world rulers are preparing for a weekend...

With Patch 2.4 not everything is perfect. Far from it actually. Hortus is maintaining a quite long list of 2.4 issues. These issues will be resolved in a future patch.
This is a list of known issues in the 2.4 client. This is not an exhaustive list of all known bugs, but a list of issues that we are understand can replicate and are will be...

Curse.com is featured on the front page of Alexa. We've seen an increase of 126% ~ Weekly Traffic Rank: 474 (was 1,160).
Thanks to everyone for making this possible. Your participation and usage of this site is what make us what we are today. Curse has several very exciting changes coming in the near future, such as a reworked Curse Client...

Pirates of the Burning Sea is ready to open the doors on the Testbed (another name for Test Server) for Patch 1.3 very soon.
We’re getting ready to push 1.3 to testbed and I wanted to give a high level overview of the new features that it will offer. Watch for more devlogs in the coming days that go into these features in more depth.
One of the...